Lake Bonneville. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Volume 1

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. 438pp. Quarto [30 cm] Rebound in black buckram with the original gilt stamped label on the backstrip. The large map 'Lake Bonnevile' [84 cm x 51 cm] in nice condition and present in rear pocket. 49 of 51 plates. Major geological work on the prehistoric sea that once covered most of western Utah, eastern Nevada and southern Idaho. The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of the once massive body of water. Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918) was an explorer, a geographer, and a geologist whose 75-year-long life spanned an age of heroic geology. He helped to found the USGS where he was the chief geologist, and he was also a founding member of the National Geographic Society. Flake/Draper 3564a. (Inventory #: 10602)